Things I learned from 'The Competition'
I see fun threads like this on other boards, so I'll get it started and everyone else contribute.
THINGS I LEARNED FROM "THE COMPETITION"
1. If you're a world-renowned conductor, you are worth the extra expense required to carve "schmuck" on your tombstone.
2. Rudolf Serkin and Emil Gilels apparently had a reputation for canceling on 24 hours notice.
3. A cab ride from a downtown hotel to Josephine Rinaldi's place is amazingly cheap.
4. Hotel valets in San Francisco don't even flinch when they walk in on a guy playing the piano naked.
5. Jerry DiSalvo is good lookin', and this is his time.
6. And Beethoven showed him da way outta da ghetto.
7. You have to shoo Mitzi out of your practice room.
8. And she won't even notice that key that's horribly out of tune.
9. Something about Chopin's Scherzo No. 2 makes Tatjana very upset.
10. The motels that Paul stays in don't have room service.
11. Michael Humphries throws a much better party than the competition committee.
12. French sailors on leave in San Francisco sure are a surly bunch.
13. If you're not ready now, you have no business being here.
14. Jerry's family can be easily faked into clapping at the wrong time.
Let's hear everyone else's!